The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-21
rElECRAPHiC NEWS.
PRER SPEECH IN CANADA!
Orange Farmers Cheer O'grien mt King
ston-A Mob Attempts to Brain Him
The Police Afford Him No Protec'
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The Police Afford Him No Protec-
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KINGSTON, Oat., May 2l.-Befors ed
;itor O'Brien left Ottawa yesterday alter
noon he heard that the Orangemen in
this city were arranging to give him
warm reception. Kingston has popuia-
tion of l5, 900, Of whom s. 900 are Catho-
dies. There are osly eight policemen,
and all of them, in command OF Chief
Hersey, werein waiting, to the surprise
of O'Brien aud party. Not dissenting
voice was heard in the storm of cheers
which arose as NJ 0'Brien entered his
carriage. Mr.. q 6fIen, in opening his
remarks, won at once the Ulster Prot
,estants who were present, and who form
large section of the population, when he
asserted that the Orange farmers in the
north Of Ireland were as much oppressed
as Catholic farmers. ''My mission, he
exclaimed, lis not to stir up strife but to
blend the Orange aud Green" This SEN
tement at once won over the descendants
of Ulster farmers. They cheered as
heartily as anybody else At9:3O o'clock
a noise was heard outside OF the hall,
where several hundred men and boys had
collected crying "God save the Queen,
and groaning for 0'Brien. Every cheer
which went up inside OF the hall was
answered by loud roar and angry re-
sponse from without. The crowd out
side was now swollen to immense propor-
tions. The meeting was brought to an
end by a few remarks from Chairman j.
j. Bryon, who told the audience to go
home peaceably. Then the people started
out, 0'Brien being in the rear. Thinking
this would be too dangerous O'Brieu' 5
friends hurried him to the front. He
stepped on the sidewalk wearing as usua!
a tall hxt. The moment the Orangemen
on the opposite side of the street saw him
they raised savage yells and cried, there
he is," and rushed across the street.
.Cobble stones and bricks began flying
like hail. women screamed aud general
confusion reigned. "Ah, they're, at 1t
again, said O'Brien, in tone OF mourn
full regret rather than anger, Eyes, yes,
roared the mob, there he is, drag
him here in the street" "kill him,
'choke him, "tear him asunder." They
almost burst through O'Rren's body
guard, which consisted of Americans
special correspondents and local officers
of the National League. A man changed
hats with O'Brien as that worn by the
latter furnished target for the mob, and
as the party turned into Wellington
Street another shower of bricks and
stones came spinning through the crowd.
O'Brsn aud his friends bent their heads,
but received the missiles on the body.
At length O'Brien disappeared through
an alley aud was lost to the crowd. The
mob rushed to the Burnett House think
ing O'Brien was there shouting ''to he'll
with Home Rule, "kill him." Although
O'Brien was not there they fired volley
of stones at the windows and groaned
and yelled to their hearts content. j.
M. Wall. the wounded correspondent,
attempted to pass in front of the hotel on
his way to the telegraph Office. but his
bandaged head attracted the attention oi
Orangemen, who went for him with
rush. He escaped down side street
however. The Canadian Freeman. ar
Irish Catholic organ, was wrecked. u